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Hanna Azoulay Hasfari

Hanna Azoulay-Hasfari is an Israeli actress, screenwriter, playwright and film director, known for writing the film Sh'Chur and making the film Orange People.

born 1960Writing the film Sh'ChurThe film Orange PeopleFounding the Simple Theater Group

Born: 29 June 1960, Beersheba
Occupation: actor, screenwriter, stage actor, film director
Education: Tel Aviv University

Hanna Azoulay Hasfari was born in 1960 in Beersheba

Hanna Azoulay-Hasfari was born on June 29, 1960, in Beersheba. Her parents immigrated to Israel from Morocco. As a teenager she lived at a boarding school and studied at the Mae Boyar high school in Jerusalem.

She did her army service in the IDF theater. She then studied theater and film at Tel Aviv University.

She was a founding member of the Simple Theater Group. For her role in its play Tashmad she won an acting prize at the Acco Festival in 1983. She later acted at the Cameri, Haifa, Be'er Sheva and Beit Lessin theaters and wrote plays such as Yom Kippur, Mimuna and Dina.

She wrote the semi-autobiographical script of Sh'Chur, released in 1994. She wrote, directed, produced and acted in Orange People, based on her mother's life. She has also acted in many Israeli films and TV series.

Her work deals with gender, identity and social justice. In March 2015 she showed parts of Orange People at the United Nations and spoke against child marriage.